Judges 15
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
6Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
9Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
13And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
14And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
17And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
18And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אָמַרʼâmarH55918× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîyH64309× in this chapter
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
- שִׁמְשׁוֹןShimshôwnH81239× in this chapter
Shimshon, an Israelite
- אֵתʼêthH8539× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62138× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- יָדyâdH30277× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- נָתַןnâthanH54146× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לְחִיlᵉchîyH38955× in this chapter
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59275× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- אָסַרʼâçarH6315× in this chapter
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- הָיָהhâyâhH19614× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זֹאתzôʼthH20634× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- יוֹםyôwmH31174× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- אִישׁʼîyshH3764× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עַדʻadH57044× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- אָבʼâbH13× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בָּעַרbâʻarH11973× in this chapter
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- זָנָבzânâbH21803× in this chapter
the tail (literally or figuratively)
- חֲמוֹרchămôwrH25433× in this chapter
a male ass (from its dun red)
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30633× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- יָרַדyâradH33813× in this chapter
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- לֶחִיLechîyH38963× in this chapter
Lechi, a place in Palestine
- לַפִּידlappîydH39403× in this chapter
a flambeau, lamp or flame
- לָקַחlâqachH39473× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- מוּתmûwthH41913× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- מִןminH44803× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- אֶלֶףʼelephH5053× in this chapter
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
- נָכָהnâkâhH52213× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- סֶלַעçelaʻH55533× in this chapter
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- אֵשׁʼêshH7843× in this chapter
fire (literally or figuratively)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8023× in this chapter
a woman
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are